A Healer Who Heals More People to Death Has Greater Medical Skill

Xiao Yi Xian gently picked up the seven-colored scroll, her eyes flickering.

The moment the scroll entered her hand, she could clearly feel the restless stirring within her body becoming increasingly tangible. It seemed to be fate's guidance from the unseen.

As if possessed, she unfolded a corner of the scroll. The first words that met her eyes were: Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Yi Xian's pupils immediately contracted.

Her expression stiffened slightly as her gaze fell upon the passages about the Woeful Poison Body's uncontrollable poison and the tragic fates of those who possessed it throughout history.

"Power is ultimately just power. What matters is the one who wields it."

Raising his head slightly, Xiao Yan seemed to see through layer upon layer of mountain rock, spotting the mercenaries on the cliff who were searching for a way down. He lowered himself slightly and looked directly into Xiao Yi Xian's eyes.

When it concerned oneself, even the calmest person could lose their composure. Faced with such a crucial turning point that could affect the course of her fate, it was only natural for even someone like Xiao Yi Xian to become somewhat unsettled.

"I'm a healer, and only a healer. Soon, I won't even be a healer anymore..." Xiao Yi Xian shook her head. Once her physique awakened, any medicine she prepared would turn into poison. She did not want to become someone others feared and despised, nor did she want to become a slave to power.

"With me here, your power won't lose control." Xiao Yan was utterly confident.

He already had a physical solution. Besides Yao Lao's method, he had thought up several others.

All he needed now was for Xiao Yi Xian to steady her state of mind, and everything would be fine. Given the current situation, Xiao Yan could guess with his ass what melodramatic plot would come next.

Her physique would become uncontrollable, she would hurt those she did not wish to hurt, and then she would turn evil.

Xiao Yan had seen this sort of thing more than enough times. Better to put a stop to it quickly.

Seeing that Xiao Yi Xian was still conflicted, Xiao Yan smiled faintly.

"Actually, being a healer and being a poison master do not conflict. An outstanding healer often knows how to use poison, and an outstanding poison master often knows how to cure poison."

Xiao Yan cleared his throat.

"Don't worry. I'll help you control your physique. If you can fully master it, then no poison on the entire continent will be a problem for you.

"You'll become the continent's greatest healer of poisons.

"And if you study it further, using poison to fight poison may not be impossible. You might even use it to nourish yourself in turn.

"You understand both medicine and poison deeply. You should understand this much. I'm not just talking nonsense."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded slowly, but the doubt in her eyes had not yet faded. It was not that she did not trust Xiao Yan; she simply did not trust herself.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan smiled slightly.

"Do you remember what I told you on the cliff? The finest healers heal nations."

"Healers cure illnesses and save lives. But if one can save all the people under heaven by governing a nation, would that not also make one a superior healer?

"That is political and has little to do with medical skill. But conversely, when you use your medical skill to save others' lives and relieve their suffering, aren't you doing the same?"

Nestling gently against Xiao Yan's chest, the growing light in Xiao Yi Xian's eyes dispelled some of her confusion. "Though something seems off, that does sound right."

"The world is like a person. Some people who deserve to die are like diseases; as long as they live, more people will suffer.

"And when you master poison arts and eliminate them, wouldn't that mean you have mastered medical arts as well? You would free those not yet oppressed from the Sea of Bitterness."

Xiao Yi Xian immediately perked up. That did seem to be the case. The poison arts she had once resisted suddenly did not seem so bad.

That way, she would not be a poison master feared and hated by all, but still a medical fairy who cured illnesses and saved people!

Like a drowning person clutching at the last straw, Xiao Yi Xian parted her rosy lips.

"But in the end, I'd still be using medical—cough—poison arts to kill people... Mmph!"

Before she could finish, Xiao Yan reached out and pinched Xiao Yi Xian's mouth shut, then calmly shook his head.

"Not at all. This is merely the necessary pain of treating the world in this age.

"A healer, you see—the more people they heal, the greater their medical skill. Put another way, the more people they heal to death, the greater their medical skill. Think about it. Think carefully."

Xiao Yan chuckled wickedly.

Xiao Yi Xian: ???

What the hell was that supposed to mean?!

Yet the more Xiao Yi Xian thought about it, the more she felt that this twisted logic had some merit. According to Xiao Yan's reasoning, as long as she could control her poison properly, then the more people she healed to death, the greater her medical skill would be.

Though she believed that, having come from the Chu Yun Empire, she might not be an outright good person, Xiao Yi Xian could guarantee that not a single person she killed had been undeserving of death.

The more she thought about it, the gloom hanging over Xiao Yi Xian vanished in an instant. Like clouds parting to reveal the sun, that bright smile returned to her face.

With the knot in her heart untied, her control over poison seemed to improve by a great deal in that instant.

"Come to Hundred Herb Hall tonight so we can have a proper talk..."

Her pretty face flushed as she recalled how Xiao Yan had helped her suppress her poison before. Xiao Yi Xian's voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

She did not want Xiao Yan to leave her far behind. She wanted to start keeping pace with him!

"Sure. I've also prepared some pills for your cultivation. When I'm not around, they can help you suppress and refine the poison."

Xiao Yan nodded cheerfully. With matters here settled, it was time for him to enter the mountains to cultivate.

He and Yao Lao had developed the pills together. Each pill contained a trace of his Natal Flame and could suppress and refine poison, treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

But for now, treating the symptoms was enough.

"...All right." Hearing the implication that Xiao Yan was leaving, Xiao Yi Xian's eyes flickered, but she did not try to keep him.

The strength Xiao Yan had displayed had already exceeded her imagination somewhat.

She needed time! She did not want to be left far behind beneath Xiao Yan's feet. She wanted to walk forward hand in hand with him, toward a more distant future!

Just then, a commotion erupted at the cave entrance. Looking over, they saw pure white flames flashing one after another along the path, accompanied by endless screams and curses.

"Damn it! What's going on?!" Mu She's eyes were bloodshot.

When he had discovered a ruin here, he had been overjoyed. Not only could he obtain Xiao Yi Xian, but he could also gain countless rare treasures.

Yet before he had even gotten close, his men had already suffered repeated losses.

"There you go. Greed, anger, and delusion—all three poisons in full." Xiao Yan curled his lip, met Xiao Yi Xian's gaze, and jerked his chin in that direction.

"It's your turn, Lady Healer."

Light flickered in Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes. The layer of Samadhi True Fire Xiao Yan had passed into her earlier was still strengthening her cultivation.

Nodding heavily, Xiao Yi Xian's fingertip flashed with light. She tapped her lower abdomen, and a corner of the seal Xiao Yan had once placed there was released.

Poison Dou Qi gleaming with colorful light wrapped around a bottle of poison Xiao Yan had refined for her, transforming into starlight that filled the sky and enveloped Mu She and the others.

In only an instant, Mu She, who had been wearing a disdainful expression moments ago, was filled with terror. A pungent stench spread through the air, and Xiao Yi Xian's eyes widened.

The situation had still exceeded her expectations. This was far too disgusting...

Whoosh!

Flames swept through the area, and in an instant, only several Storage Rings and scattered ashes remained.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You still didn't keep your hands clean. Go back and practice some more." Leaning against Xiao Yi Xian's shoulder, Xiao Yan grinned teasingly. "But that can wait. Let's count the spoils first.

"There are still two unopened chests over there, and now another bunch of treasure-delivery boys has arrived... Hehe."